‘I stabbed him 17 times in self defence’

A former footballer accused of stabbing a father to death at a gym told a court he spent the day before the attack partying with his ‘friend’ Jamie Redknapp. Charles Riddington, 37, allegedly launched a ‘merciless’ attack on George Barker, 24, moments after he arrived at the Double K Gym in Bexley, southeast London, on 14 November 2016. Mr Barker, whose partner had just given birth to their baby daughter, was stabbed 17 times to his head, body and arms….